A controversial billboard for the Proud Boys near a Clinton County high school has been removed following an onslaught of opposition from area residents and people all over the country.

The billboard had been placed late last week by Lamar Advertising, a national company with a Collinsville office, along Old U.S. 50, just outside of Breese to the west.

“The sign is down,” Clinton County Board Chairman Brad Knolhoff said Tuesday afternoon. “My understanding from Lamar is that it’s down, and it’s not going back up. I hope they stand by that.”

On Monday night, Knolhoff had presided over a County Board meeting where a standing-room-only crowd of more than 100 teachers, businessmen, attorneys and other concerned citizens had come to protest the Proud Boys recruiting billboard.

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